Mickey Z
Cool Observer
Sunday, September 10, 2006
Here's another kid who'll never get to be cool:
Here’s another one from Voltaire:
“It is forbidden to kill; therefore all murderers are punished unless they kill in large numbers and to the sound of trumpets.”
Posted by Keir on from The Hague (Jackowski election hdqts) 09/10 at 06:35 AMThanks again, Mickey, for shedding a little light on the usa slaughter of children - and “they” pretend to respect life! I hope that there are a lot of visitors here today. It is always interesting listening to the arguments that they use to justify the murder of little kids.
dw #17 from last night...I watched the Kristian Williams talk on C-span. He gave a good explanation of usa torture and dominance. He included usa prisons here. Looks like a good book.Posted by RMJ on from Churchill 4 Prez Hdqts 09/10 at 06:37 AMGood morning, Keir. Here is another like yours, “Killing one is murder. Killing 100,000 is foreign policy.”
Kill one and you get the chair. Kill thousands and you win the election.Posted by RMJ on from Churchill 4 Prez Hdqts 09/10 at 06:41 AMGood morning, RMJ and Keir. Here’s something I borrowed from Abbie Hoffman: “Kill someone while wearing a uniform and you’re a hero. Do it in gang colors and you’re a criminal.”
Let’s lure in some folks here today, okay?
Posted by Mickey Z. on from Astoria 09/10 at 07:00 AMVoltaire: “Every man is guilty of all the good he didn’t do.”
Posted by Mickey Z. on from Astoria 09/10 at 08:22 AMWilliam J. Clinton:- Let me say this as clearly as I can: No matter how sharp a grievance or how deeep a hurt, there is no justification for killing innocents.
Good morning all from sunny Montreal.
I only wish that tomorrow was the anniversary of a cure for the ills of mankind and not this sad, sad, reminder of the evils of mankind.
Posted by Canadian Observer on from 09/10 at 09:55 AMExcellent, CO. I intend to make a post like this at least once a month and I will now add Bubba to the mix to show both parties are lying murderers.
Captcha knows...and sez: blood
Posted by Mickey Z. on from Astoria 09/10 at 10:25 AM“As soon as man began considering himself the source of the highest meaning in the world and the measure of everything, the world began to lose its human dimension, and man began to lose control of it.”
~Vaclav HavelPosted by Amelopsis on from Canada 09/10 at 11:43 AMExcellent quote, Empress...but in the interest of desconstructing any and all elected: heroes,” here’s something from an old article of mine:
Running counter to his media-fabricated image, Vaclav Havel, playwright-turned-president of the Czech Republic, has some somewhat peculiar ideas for a champion of democracy. As detailed by Michael Parenti in CovertAction Quarterly, Havel penned a New York Times op-ed in which he denounced democracy’s “cult of objectivity and statistical average,” pooh-poohing “the idea that rational, collective social efforts should be applied to solving the environmental crisis.”
“On another occasion,” Parenti wrote, “Havel called for efforts to preserve the Christian family in the Christian nation.”
For someone who has vowed to never sell arms to oppressive regimes, it’s enlightening to note that Havel has peddled arms to the Phillipine generals and Thai fascists in addition to offering no objection when Chilean General Augusto Pinochet was reported in the Czech Republic shopping for weapons in 1994.
Other Havel highlights include:
*Supported the Gulf War and the continuing blockade of Iraq which contributes to the death of 5000 Iraqi children per month.
*Singled out Cuba for human rights-related condemnation while remaining close-lipped about any U. S. client state, i.e. Indonesia, Colombia, and Turkey.
*Demanded that the Czech Republic’s parliament be suspended in 1992, so he (Havel) could rule by edict and ram through his so-called reforms.
*Attacked labor unions and cut health care, public housing, and education.
*Drastically increased the size of the Prague police force to many times larger than it was under the “communist police state.”Oh, and one more thing: Under Havel, according to Christopher Dickey in Newsweek (September 2, 1996), Prague under Havel has become a principal hub for “the collection of children to serve visiting pedophiles.”
Posted by Mickey Z. on from Astoria 09/10 at 11:59 AMI’m glad you followed up with all this information Mickey.
I was reluctant to even put his name up, but I liked the quote even if the speaker’s actions fall well below desired expectations.Posted by Amelopsis on from Canada 09/10 at 12:04 PMI agree, Empress. I often rely on quotes when I believe someone has expressed a thought better than I.
Posted by Mickey Z. on from Astoria 09/10 at 12:21 PMMickey,
Re the thoughts from earlier this morning (on the previous thread), care to further address anything more on this comment board? Feel free to go either way with this yourself.Hello everyone.
Posted by dw on from 09/10 at 12:56 PMRMJ- glad you enjoyed the Williams talk. I got a lot out of it too.
Posted by dw on from 09/10 at 12:59 PMCanadian Observer (#8), check out what happened 100 years ago, 11 September 1906.
Mickey re #9, Havel is the only artist-politician that I know of. He gained the popularity to become the head of the Czech Republic because of his principled stands as an artist against a corrupt regime. I will scrutinize him a bit closer, because I would really like to find context for the NYT and Newsweek charges against him. The immense importance and value of his early career outweighs, I think, the apparent damage done later, much like Lech Walesa.
Posted by Keir on from The Hague (Jackowski election hdqts) 09/10 at 01:56 PMNorman Finkelstein wrote a fine piece on how the greatest talent of the likes of Havel, notwithstanding distant past, is “wearing their coat the ‘right’ way”. btw, Gandhi wasn’t quite the saintly figure in the eyes of low caste poor folks in India that he is in the eyes of comfy Western liberals (as Mother Teresa wasn’t either). Thanks, Mickey for tracking down the provenance of that proverb.
Posted by sk on from 09/10 at 04:48 PMLong time no see, SK. Thanks for the kind words and the links.
Posted by Mickey Z. on from Astoria 09/10 at 05:49 PMLook Mickey (mouse) Z,
You have the wrong idea of what it means to be an American and the wrong idea about patriotism. You have no idea about being loyal to the country that gives you so much freedom. Freedom to spread your hate mongering words and ideas. It is people like you that tear down this country and what it stands for. You are right in being able to speak out, I have no problem with that, not one of us can make this country great on our own. We need people like you to make us think about what we can do better, but…
how you are doing it is wrong! The men and women who serve this country in the military are providing a safe haven for you to spout off your hatefullness. The President, whether Republican or Democrat, is the President, the most powerful person in this country. You may not like him but you should respect his position. Neither you or I could do have the job that they do.Hey mouse boy why don’t you try to help this country. Try working for the good of this country, try building up people instead of tearing them down. People like you are useful and a nuisance at the same time. The mantra is always the same and you have no real solutions to the problems. Open your little eyes and see that maybe, just maybe you are part of the problem and you really need to be part of the solution.
Keep working though and keep spouting off your hate, you give me a laugh and something to think about. You know what I really think about. I think that I’m lucky to be living in this GREAT country, I have a good wife, and good kids, I have a job and some money in the bank (when I can save). I thank the VETS who served to keep this country free from Czars, Dictators, Kings, and overtly religious fanatics. Keep things in perspective and you will see that America, the good ole’ USA-Red,White&Blue, is a pretty good place to be.
Peace
--The DadPosted by the Dad on from 09/15 at 06:50 PM“Dad,” I thought this was a prank until I went to your blog and saw you posted it to me there, too. (Btw, am I the first person to ever visit your blog?) I’ll tell you what I tell everyone who sends me the identical rant (I must get one or two a month): Get back to me when you have something original to say.
Posted by Mickey Z. on from Astoria 09/15 at 07:12 PM
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